Want to know just how much spending money this notoriously expensive country requires, what to wear, where to go, what to eat, and how to drink without taking out a mortgage, then you’ve come to the right place!
Prague on a Budgeto
Ryanair flights £40 per person flying on the 7th February at 14:00 – 9th February at 20:00, so were doing this in 2 days and an evening. City Nest, Aparthotel as they call it on Booking.com – £30 each for two nights in the city centre. You can reach everything by walking, based in Prague 01…
Top 5 Costa Rican Beaches
Here are Top 5 Costa Rican beaches I’ve visited during my stay and would highly recommend to anyone else going on a Costa Rican adventure! Playa Conchal in Tamarindo This is a soft waved beach with its white sands and low waves, its the perfect place to relax and cool off with a dip. A…
Copenhagen on a budget
We decided to take a little January trip, away from windy, cold England to just as cold Copenhagen! Ryanair flights £30 per person, direct from London Stansted Airport – we got these pretty last minute and it seems to stay roughly around that price, with hand luggage only. *TIP* Ryanair now make you check in…
Zhangjiajie: All You Need To Know
I have been living in China for 9 months now, and I can tell you travelling about the place requires a LOT of research, so look no further, for here is the perfect piece for planning your trip to Zhangjiajie. Zhangjiajie goes by many names; floating mountains, Avatar mountains (inspiring the film), Hallelujah mountains…
A long weekend in Macau
How I spent my 21st birthday Where does one go when they’re 21st birthday is looming and they are currently living in South China? Why Macau of course! Since Chinese holidays work differently; I get 3x 3 days off (set dates and spread out over 2 months) instead of an Easter holiday off (even…
Exploring Taormina with Padre
Join me on a culinary adventure in Sicily, I will fill you in on places to eat, things to see and do, and where to stay. An hour drive from Catania Airport, you will arrive at the hilltop town of Taormina. So I have to start with the accommodation, we booked an Air BnB which…
Florence on a Shoestring
An all-walking city break in Firenze! Just got back, and had to blog about this straight away to share with you all. All booked a few weeks ago, flight was £60 with Ryaniar – hand luggauge only, Air Bnb £50pp outside city centre (30 min walk) and 120 euros spending money for 4 days in…
Guilin Diary
Back in October, there was a 1 week holiday in China called National Week. Since the only major holidays you seem to get in China are National week and Chinese New Year, we thought we’d take full advantage. Hence forth lies the weird and wonderful diary of our trip to Guilin, in all its China…
What does one do in a 24-hr Bookshop?
Apparently not read. Let me start from the beginning. Emily found an awesome coffee shop in Guangzhou on Instagram (a rarity since they block most social media and so you need a VPN to access them, which you can only get when leaving china, hence most Chinese people don’t use Instagram). We went once before…
Where do road-trippers go?
What better place is there to get lost, then in the natural and breathtaking grand landscapes that are The Rockies. All you need is a set of wheels, some decent shoes and preferably a windscreen clean of squished bugs (a fatality of most road trips). Our road trip hit the west coast and started in…
Truth of the Trade
Hello from the other side, Apologise for the ghosting, there’s been a serious dry spell on this blog recently but all for good reason! My summer has been chock-a-block from the get go. It went a little like this: Iceland (March)->revision->exams->Borneo->visa stress->China, and soon to be Canada road trip with dad, and then back to…
The Wandering Elephant 